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A sugar shack is a cabin out in the woods where sap is collected from maple trees and boiled into maple syrup. It is always fun to visit sugar shacks for the maple festival during maple season. They are always fun and it is a great opportunity to stock up on maple products for the rest of the year. Since maple season is getting under way and maple festivals are starting up I thought I would take the opportunity to round up some of the maple recipes that I have tried recently.

Pure Maple Indulgence

Snicker Snickerdoodles - These snickerdoodles are nice and chewy on the inside and slightly crispy on the outside. Sweetened with maple syrup and topped with maple sugar these cookies pack intense maple flavour!

Maple Cheesecake - This was a recent successful experiment to combine one of my all time favorite desserts, cheesecake, with one of my favorite flavours, maple. The cheese cake is sweetened with maple syrup and then served drenched in even more maple syrup.

Treats with a Touch of Maple

Maple Butter Tarts - Butter tarts are a childhood favorite of mine and I added a maple kick that made them even better.

Savoury Maple'y Mains

Maple Salmon - This is such a quick and simple meal and yet so good. The sweet and salty maple sauce goes so well with the salmon which seems to just melt away in your mouth...mmm...

Maple and Mustard Glazed Chicken - Maple also works well in savoury dishes like this sweet and tangy maple and mustard glazed chicken which is quick and easy and full of flavour!

Pan Seared Turkey Breast with Apple and Maple Sauce - This is another quick and tasty maple dish. The savoury chicken boulion contrasts the sweet maple syrup nicely and the tart apples finish the dish off with a kick. This is a dish that I make over and over again.

Maple and Miso Scallops - The sweet and savoury maple syrup and miso sauce works really well well on both the pan seared scallops and as a salad dressing.

Maple Oat Bread - How much maple-y goodness can you get into one loaf of bread? Between the maply syrup baked into this yeast bread and the maple sugar topping and then you enjoy it with some maple butter...mmm...

Pancakes

Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes - Of course you can't talk about maple syrup without talking about pancakes and blueberry pancakes are among my favorites. Once again we see that maple and blueberry combination working so well.

Even with all of the dishes above there are still a lot more. It seems that I have been using maple syrup a lot over the last two years. I have added a new Maple label to all of the posts with maple if you are interested in more.

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Since you like maple syrup so much, you should try this : I recently had a liqueur called "Le sortilège". Seems it comes from Quebec. It is made with Canadian rye and maple syrup. Very rare on this side of the Atlantic (the other side from yours) but absolutely delicious. It is like eating pancakes with a little bit of additional taste.

What a terrific collection of maple recipes, Kevin! I've been so busy with work lately that I've gotten behind on my blog visiting. I see several here that I've missed. I'll have to try to catch up. They all look so good!

Great list of recipes! A couple of years ago my son Oliver and I tapped some maple trees and set out to make maple syrup - what an ordeal! The boiling makes so much steam that I had to repaint afterwards - if you try making your own maple syrup, build a fire outside. You'll be thankful!

Oh Kevin, look at you, Mr. Cook! This summary is just outstanding, and I love the title of your post! Very creative! It takes a lot of time and energy to put a post like this together. Very well done. Makes me want to run out and pick up some real maple syrup! YUM!

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.